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McVicar
McVicar or MacVicar is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: McVicar: *Colin McVicar (1916–1987), New Zealand cricketer *David McVicar (born 1967), Scottish opera and theatre director * Ewan McVicar, Scottish dance music producer and disc jockey *Hannah McVicar, British illustrator and printmaker *Jack McVicar (1903–1952), Canadian professional ice hockey player *Jekka McVicar, English organic gardening expert *John McVicar (1940–2022), British journalist, formerly an armed robber *Neil McVicar (politician), Canadian politician * Nelson McVicar (1871–1960), American federal judge * Rob McVicar (born 1982), Canadian professional ice hockey player MacVicar: *Angus MacVicar (1908–2001), Scottish author *Margaret MacVicar (1944–1991), American physicist and educator *Sheila MacVicar, Canadian television journalist Macvicar: * Anne Macvicar Grant (1755–1838), American-Scottish author See also * ''McVicar'' (film), a 1980 British drama film * ''McVicar'' (alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McVicar
John McVicar (21 March 1940 – 6 September 2022) was a British journalist and convicted one-time armed robber who escaped from prison. Career As a criminal McVicar's criminal career began in his teens with shop break-ins and car thefts. In 1956, at the age of 16, while awaiting trial, he escaped from a remand home for young offenders, before being sentenced to two years Borstal training. On his release he graduated to armed robber. In 1964 he was arrested and sentenced to eight years in prison. Despite being incarcerated in HM Prison Parkhurst, which was then a top security jail on the Isle of Wight, McVicar managed to escape again. Whilst he was on the run, McVicar attempted to rob an armoured security van, was recaptured, charged with more offences and sentenced to another 15 years in prison consecutive to the eight he was already serving. The UK Prison Service moved him to another maximum security jail, HM Prison Durham, from which he escaped again and remained on the run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McVicar's Bus Services
McVicar's Bus Services was an Australian bus operator that operated services in the south-west suburbs of Sydney from 1919 until 1978. Company history McVicar's Bus Service grew to be one of the largest in New South Wales. It spanned three generations of the McVicar family, operating from 1919 to 1978. The company began when Archibald Robert Brownlow McVicar began a bus service from Lidcombe railway station to Berala. McVicar extended the service to Regents Park and gained permission to run from Lidcombe to the Lidcombe State Hospital on Sunday afternoons: there was considerable business for bus operators running to hospitals and cemeteries on Sundays. In 1923 McVicar's weekly service to the hospital was increased to a daily frequency. In 1925, McVicar was given permission to operate a bus service between Cabramatta and Bankstown. In 1926, McVicar was granted approval to continue using solid tyres instead of pneumatic tyres. By 1927 McVicar was operating from Bankstown to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McVicar (film)
''McVicar'' is a British drama film released in 1980 by The Who Films, Ltd., starring Roger Daltrey of the Who playing the 1960s armed robber and later writer John McVicar. The film was directed by Tom Clegg, and was based on the non-fiction book ''McVicar by Himself'', which McVicar wrote to describe several months of his experiences in prison. Bill Curbishley and Roy Baird acted as producers, and the film received a nomination in 1981 for Best Picture at MystFest, the International Mystery Film Festival of Cattolica. Plot synopsis The film is set in two halves, the first in Durham prison and the second half while McVicar is on the run in London. The first half of the film focuses on relations between the prison officers and inmates and also McVicar's plotting and eventual prison escape. The latter half of the film is set in London after McVicar has escaped from Durham. Here he re-establishes relationships with his wife and young son and he eventually decides to try to esca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob McVicar
Robert McVicar (born January 15, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goalie who played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Vancouver Canucks during the 2005–06 season. McVicar played major junior for the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League before being selected by the Canucks in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. Turning professional in 2003 he played in the minor American Hockey League and ECHL before being called up and playing his lone NHL game on December 1, 2005 against the Edmonton Oilers, appearing for 3 minutes. He remained in the minor leagues for a further four seasons before retiring from hockey in 2009 and became a financial planner and stockbroker. Playing career Born in Hay River, Northwest Territories, McVicar moved to Brandon, Manitoba at the age of four. As his older brother Jason played goal, McVicar followed suit. A fan of the local Brandon Wheat Kings, a major junior team that played in the Western Hockey League, McVicar w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin McVicar
Colin Cameron McVicar (3 June 1916 – 17 February 1987) was a New Zealand cricketer who played five matches of first-class cricket for Central Districts between January 1951 and January 1952. An opening batsman, Colin McVicar made his first-class debut at the age of 34 in Central Districts' second match in the 1950-51 season. It was also Central Districts' debut season, and they had lost their first match, but this time, playing for the first time at home, they won, defeating Canterbury at Fitzherbert Park in Palmerston North. In a low-scoring match McVicar top-scored in the first innings with 42 and took three catches in Canterbury's first innings. Central Districts also won their next match, another low-scoring match, McVicar making 29 and 40. In subsequent matches he was less successful with the bat, and lost his spot after five matches. McVicar had already had a long and successful career for Manawatu in the Hawke Cup during Manawatu's period of dominance from 1934-35 to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewan McVicar
Ewan McVicar is a Scottish DJ and music producer. He came to prominence with the release of his debut single "Tell Me Something Good" in 2021. Career On 1 May 2020, McVicar released his EP ''Street Rave''. In 2021, his version of "Tell Me Something Good" reached the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart. In February 2022, McVicar released his EP ''Movin' On Over''. Personal life McVicar is from Ayr, Scotland. He studied at Belmont Academy and graduated in teaching from University of the West of Scotland The University of the West of Scotland ( gd, Oilthigh na h-Alba an Iar), formerly the University of Paisley, is a public university with four campuses in south-western Scotland, in the towns of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley, Blantyre, South Lanar ... (UWS). References Scottish DJs Scottish record producers Electronic dance music DJs {{Scotland-musician-stub Alumni of the University of the West of Scotland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McVicar (album)
''McVicar'' is the soundtrack to the film '' McVicar'' and the fourth solo studio album by Roger Daltrey, the lead vocalist for The Who. The film, a biopic of the English bank robber John McVicar, was produced by Daltrey and also featured him in the starring role as John McVicar himself. Because all of the then-members of The Who played on the album, it is often considered to be an unrecognized Who album although there was no participation by the band in the songwriting. The album was released in June 1980, on Polydor PD-1-6284 in the US. It was produced by Jeff Wayne and recorded at Advision Studios, London. Daltrey's vocals were recorded at Air Studios, Montserrat, West Indies. The album reached number 22 in the US and produced Daltrey's highest charting solo single to date, " Without Your Love". In 2001 Swedish HipHop group Infinite Mass used Daltrey's song "My Time is Gonna Come" (as well as the bass line in the song) for their International hit "Bullet". The music video f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jekka McVicar
Jessica "Jekka" McVicar (born 1951) is an English organic gardening expert, author, and broadcaster, particularly on the cultivation and use of herbs. Biography Born Jessica Stanley Clarke, she was brought up in Chew Magna, Somerset, and learned about the use of herbs from her grandmother, writer Ruth Lowinsky, and her mother. Interview with Jekka McVicar at MostlyFood.co.uk At the age of seventeen, after leaving in Wiltshire, Clarke joined the progressive rock band Marsupilami as a singer and . The band releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson McVicar
Nelson McVicar (January 25, 1871 – December 20, 1960) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Education and career Born in Chatham (now Chatham-Kent), Ontario, Canada, McVicar attended the University of Michigan Law School and read law to enter the bar in 1896. From 1896 to 1925, he was in private practice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was a borough solicitor for Tarentum Borough, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1914 to 1924, and was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania from 1925 to 1928. Federal judicial service McVicar received a recess appointment from President Calvin Coolidge on September 14, 1928, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania vacated by Judge W. H. Seward Thomson. He was nominated to the same position by President Coolidge on December 6, 1928. He was co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David McVicar
Sir David McVicar (born 1966) is a Scottish opera and theatre director. Biography McVicar was born in Glasgow in 1966. He studied as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, graduating in 1989. In 2007, ''The Independent'' ranked him among the 100 most influential gay and lesbian people in Britain. He was the guest on the BBC's ''Desert Island Discs'' on 5 October 2008. He was created a Knight Bachelor in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to opera. Selected productions *''Adriana Lecouvreur'': Royal Opera House *''Andrea Chenier'': Royal Opera House *'' Agrippina'': La Monnaie, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, English National Opera *''Aida'': Royal Opera House *''Alcina'': Bilbao, Oviedo, English National Opera telegraph.co.uk; ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack McVicar
John Ritchie McVicar (June 4, 1903 — February 20, 1952) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 88 games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Maroons between 1930 and 1932. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1923 to 1937, was spent in various minor leagues. Personal life He was born in Renfrew, Ontario. He died in 1952 in Grimsby, Ontario Grimsby is a town on Lake Ontario in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. Grimsby is at the eastern end of the Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area. It is named after the English fishing town of Grimsby in north-east Lincolnshire. The majority of re ....Society for International Hockey Research Career statistics Regular season and playoffs References External links * 1903 births 1952 deaths Canadian ice hockey defencemen Chicago Cardinals (ice hockey) players Ice hockey people from Ontario Montreal Maroons players Newark Bulldogs players Ontario Hockey Association Senior A League (1890–1979) players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil McVicar (politician)
Neil McVicar was a Canadian politician from the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Saskatchewan. He represented Rosetown (provincial electoral district), Rosetown as a Saskatchewan Liberal Party, Liberal on the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Legislative Assembly from 1934 to 1944. References External links Saskatchewan Archives Board – Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division See also * 8th Saskatchewan Legislature * 9th Saskatchewan Legislature Saskatchewan Liberal Party MLAs People from Rosetown {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |